Drouhin Laroze, Gevrey Chambertin Vintage:2002 the 2014 Proprietary Red needs

the 2014 Proprietary Red needs a little coaxing to reveal slowly unfurling notions of warm black cherries

smoked earth and spice

it feels well defined and the oak is nicely embedded into the fruit

who also runs the show at Château Latour

forest berry

Drouhin Laroze, Gevrey Chambertin Vintage:2002 the 2014 Proprietary Red needsReduction once again dominates the nose. I like the lovely sense of vitality to the detailed and mineral inflected medium bodied flavors that possess fine intensity on the delicious and solidly complex finale. This delivers very good length though there is a touch of youthful austerity present that will require a few years of bottle age to dissipate. (88 91) 2020+